This work took me back to the kind of art I ended last year making with my version of Marilyn Monroe. I used the same gloss paint transfer technique where I print an image and then place it on top of a layer of gloss paint and let dry for a day before using a sponge and rubbing off the paper, leaving the ink in the gloss. This time instead of on a canvas I worked on glass thinking that the final product has potential to be really interesting. First I painted one side of the glass with a plaid picnic blanket like pattern of red and white. Once that side dried I added the gloss image onto the other side so that you would be able to see the background as well as the image. I do not like how translucent the final product came out because I think having a more dominate image would have made the work better. I also want to create a unifying element which is why I reused the transfer idea.
I spent all the class time I had allowed on this project, as well as time out of class. In class, I painted the back side of the glass and found the image I wanted to use for the focal point of the work. Once the gloss paint was down and the image placed in it had to dry for 24 hours. At home i used a sponge and water to peel the paper away leaving the ink from the image in the gloss.
This particular work was not very hard to create because the aspects are simple enough to complete. I think the hardest part would be figuring out how to hang this since it is on glass. Overall I think this work is a B, just because I'm not entirely happy with the way that it turned out. I want to play around with these different techniques and see what I can think of.
During the critique people suggested that I continue working on glass or possibly plexi glass and continue experimenting with light and how light can play a factor in the work. One person suggested building light boxes to put behind the work as well, which is something I might be able to do. I think I want to work on wood or canvas again and do gloss transfers on that because I can get a cleaner transfer and combine it with other techniques that I like to do. I also want to return to some of the stuff I did this summer because I really like painting like that but I need to focus on one type of subject or topic or one technique that I can use to unify all my different works and maybe add to my college applications.

This summer I spent the majority of my time simply being a teenager. I hung out with friends and family, went on fun trips, and enjoyed the summer to my best ability. Art is a major hobby of mine so I spent my summer creating many different pieces of work that made me happy. These works really don't have a huge underlying meaning to them because I simply wanted to create work that I like to make. Despite the lack of deep meaning, I did focus on one particular technique all summer which was paint on canvas. Previously I had worked a lot on wood but I wanted to explore a different surface to create work on.